Smell of old books

the smell of old book

Biblichor is the word that describes the particular smell that belongs to old books. Biblichor is a newly created word that combines the Greek words biblio (book) with ichor (the fluid that flows l…

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Where does the scent of old and new books come from? This color wheel developed by the researchers at Institute for Sustainable Heritage explains a lot.

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What gives old books that ever-so-distinctive smell? Andy Brunning, a chemistry teacher in the UK, gives us all a quick primer with this infographic posted on his web site, Compound Interest. The visual comes accompanied by this textual explanation. Writes Brunning:

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I have a confession. I love crusty old books. The mass marketed paperbacks with yellow page edges and cracked spines that smell like they’ve been stored in an old man’s woodshed and read in his breaks as he feeds stray cats. I love those books just as much as I love the clean brand new books that smell like a pristine printing press and have matte covers and sprayed edges. This one is a noir-esc mystery and was published by @berkleypub in 1980. I have the entire set, and got them second…

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